Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide (Paperback)

Description:

This companion to Community Geography: GIS in Action provides the ?how-to? for teachers seeking to use the book in their classrooms. Fifteen middle school and high school companion lesson plans include:

Correlation to national geography, science, and technology standards

Required materials and estimated time of completion

Authentic assessments

Answer keys

Lesson introductions and conclusions

Teacher tips

Evaluation rubrics

Answer Keys

?I can?t tell you enough how much we appreciate teachers like Anita, Lyn, and Christine and the thousands of other teachers across the country like them who are at the very cutting edge in bringing geography and these new technologies into the classroom, in a useful and teacher-friendly way,? writes Gilbert Grosvenor, National Geographic Society Chairman, in the foreword to the Teacher?s Guide.

Lyn Malone is a consultant specializing in the educational application of spatial technologies. She is based in Rhode Island. She is the co-author of Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators and Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide.

Anita M. Palmer is an educational technology consultant based in Texas. She is the co-author of Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators and Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide.

Christine L. Voigt is a technology coordinator in Texas. She is the co-author of Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators and Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide.

Table of Contents:

Module 1: The GIS basics

Lesson: Explore and label community features for a city visitors map

On your own

Module 2: Reducing crime

Lesson: Geocode crime data to map and analyze robbery hotspots

On your own

Module 3: Mapping weeds

Lesson: Use GIS to map a leafy spurge infestation and compute its area

On your own

Module 4: Tracking water quality

Lesson: Analyze Turtle River data to identify locations for fish habitat restoration

On your own

Module 5: Investigating point-source pollution

Lesson: Map, query, and analyze neighborhood data to identify high-risk landfills

On your own

Module 6: Getting kids to school

Lesson: Use buffers to identify eligible school bus riders

On your own

Module 7: Managing the community forest

Lesson: Map and query a tree inventory to find hazardous trees

On your own

Module 8: Selecting the right location

Lesson: Using site analysis to develop a wildlife area management plan

On your own

References and resources

Correlation to National Geography Standards

Correlation to National Science and Technology Standards

Answer keys